Lorde often uses glasses as a metaphor. This parallel reveals how Lorde simply breaks thing simply because she can and to cause chaos — she loves stirring the pot.

She can also be using it as a metaphor for a broken system. And now, everyone has to tip toe to be careful not to get hurt (similar to the saying, “walking around eggshells”) but it’s not her doing that broke the system.

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